Chicken feeder



June 7, 1927. 1,631,462

A D. BOTTERBUSCH CHICKEN FEEDER Filed June 19, 1926 Inventor Attorney I Patented June 7, i927.

WILLIAM B. BOT'IERBUSCH, or BLUFFS, rnninorsf ('JI-IICIKEN FEEDER.

Application filed June 19, 1926. Serial No. 117,085. g

This invention relates to improvements in chicken feeders, and its principal Ob]Ct is to provide a feeder that will accommodate a 1 large number of chicks at one ti1ne,and that is so constructed as to be absolutely henproof, so feed.

An additional object of'the invention is to provide a feeder of this character that 1 is constructed to prevent the entrance of rain into the feed and also to prevent the chicks from placing theirfeet into the. device;

7 and scratching the same therefrom.

A still further object is to provide a feeder wherein the same may be employed as a combination feed and water trough, should such a contingency arise.

Astill further object is to provide a feeder particularly adapted for the feeding of chicks that is so constructed as to permit the same to be readily cleaned whenever.

necessary.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprislng the novel form, corn- 1 binationand arrangement of parts herein- I feeder constructed in accordance with the after more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and claimed.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingj parts throughout the drawings:

Figure l is'a perspective of the chicken present invention,

' .Figure 2 is a perspective taken on a smaller scale, showing thev feeder in open condition to permit the'filling of the feed trough and also to permit the same to be employed as a combined feed and water trough, and Y Figure 3' is a transverse sectionita'ken'substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1..

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my novel feature constitutes the provision of a feed trough 5 of suitable length and of general V-shape in cross sec-- tion as clearly disclosed in Figure 3. The bottom wall of this trough is substantially rounded as at 6 for receiving the feed, while the front and rear side walls of the trough directlyv above the rounded bottom are provided with longitudinally spaced chick head as to prevent the waste of the openings 7 in order that'access may be-had to the feed therein. V I Upon the opposite ends of said trough 5 are transversely extending wings 8 8, the 7 lower edges of which are on a horizontal plane, so as to serve as supporting legs for the opposite ends of the trough. *The ends of these wings taper inwardly from the lower edges thereof, while the upper edgesof said wings are formed with pyramidal shaped tongues 9 within the opposite ends of the trough, the apices thereof, extending-somewhat above the open top side of the trough as clearly disclosed in Figures 2 and 3.

Pivoted tOoutWardly directed ears 10 at if the opposite edges of one of the tongues 9,,

directly outwardly'of the sides of the trough 5 and this by reason of'a pivot pin 11, is one end of'a trough lid 12-, that is alsoof general V-shape in cross section, asfdisclosedin F igure 3.

non-inclined inorder that the same will rest upon the upperedges of the trough wings 8'-8 when the lid is moved to closed position as disclosed in Figures 1" and 3, The pyframidaltongues 9-9 of} saidwings will The extreme edges of the lid side walls are same into compartments thus permitting this lid t be employed for receiving a supply i of feed orjwater should the necessity arise. i

It will thus bev seen that Ihave provided a highly novel, simple and efficient chicken feeder that is well adapted forall of the purposes heretofore designated, and even the feeder as consisting of certain-detail structural'elements, it is nevertheless .to be understood-thatsome changes may be-made without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claim I What I claim is:

though I have herein-shown and'des'cribed In a feederof the character. described, a

feed trough open at its top, a pair of'apertured ears extending from one end ofthe.

feed trough in spaced parallel relation, a lid of substantial V-shaped cross section having parallel spaced flange edges, said apertured ears being received between the flange edges, and a pin piercing apertures in the flange edges and the apertures of the ears to hingedly mount the lid on the troughso that it may be disposed over the trough or in extension thereof in an open-position at Which time it may be utilized as a ater trough, the lid being maintained in said horizontal open 19 "position by the abutment'of one end of the said lid against the adjacent end of said trough. v V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM BOTTERBUSCH. 

